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Or you could... you know go outside. I know it can be a struggle, but there are a lot of activities you can combine with getting outside and collect health ben

Or you could... you know go outside. I know it can be a struggle, but there are a lot of activities you can combine with getting outside and collect health benefits from both.

justaguy88 6y ago
Not everyone has reliable/available sunlight
filoleg 6y ago
Try getting enough sunlight in Seattle/Vancouver. During winter months, good luck seeing sun at all, it is all just grey sky. And when it shows up one day for a couple of hours, i have a strong feeling that even then it wouldn't be enough. I remember 2 years ago, it was so bad, that local newspapers were celebrating when we finally got our first glimpse of sun (for a couple of hours) for that year on some day in late January (like 24th or 25th). It literally took almost an entire month to see the sun for the first time that year.
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  I live in Oregon, we don't get quite as much overcast as you, but we get a bunch. You still get Vitamin D from being outside on an overcast day, just have to be outside a little more. I can believe it. Two years ago we had measurable rain every single day from December until May. I still managed to get outside and ride my bike nearly 4-5 days a week.
- gpapilion 6y ago
  You’re describing summer in the western half of sf.
bleepblorp 6y ago
I just tried that but all I got was a lot of water on my head and shoulders. Maybe somebody could push a patch to turn down the average fall-winter-spring rainfall in my area?
audunw 6y ago
Yeah sure, I'll make sure to remember that in December when the sun is barely above the horizon even at noon-time. I seem to remember reading that you don't get much UV light when the sun is below 40 degrees. You don't have to go far north for the sun to be kind of useless in winter. An interesting side-note, there's a theory that Europeans are so white because the gulf-stream makes it warm enough for farming grains despite being quite far north.. and so you don't get much Vitamin D from the sun all of winter, and you don't get it from your food (like the Inuits do, from eating a lot of fish), so white skin is a "hack" to try to maxize vitamin D production, despite the obvious downsides.

Or you could... you know go outside. I know it can be a struggle, but there are a lot of activities you can combine with getting outside and collect health benefits from both.

justaguy88 6y ago

Not everyone has reliable/available sunlight

filoleg 6y ago

Try getting enough sunlight in Seattle/Vancouver. During winter months, good luck seeing sun at all, it is all just grey sky. And when it shows up one day for a couple of hours, i have a strong feeling that even then it wouldn't be enough. I remember 2 years ago, it was so bad, that local newspapers were celebrating when we finally got our first glimpse of sun (for a couple of hours) for that year on some day in late January (like 24th or 25th). It literally took almost an entire month to see the sun for the first time that year.

ogre_codes 6y ago
I live in Oregon, we don't get quite as much overcast as you, but we get a bunch. You still get Vitamin D from being outside on an overcast day, just have to be outside a little more. I can believe it. Two years ago we had measurable rain every single day from December until May. I still managed to get outside and ride my bike nearly 4-5 days a week.
gpapilion 6y ago
You’re describing summer in the western half of sf.

bleepblorp 6y ago

I just tried that but all I got was a lot of water on my head and shoulders. Maybe somebody could push a patch to turn down the average fall-winter-spring rainfall in my area?

audunw 6y ago

Yeah sure, I'll make sure to remember that in December when the sun is barely above the horizon even at noon-time. I seem to remember reading that you don't get much UV light when the sun is below 40 degrees. You don't have to go far north for the sun to be kind of useless in winter. An interesting side-note, there's a theory that Europeans are so white because the gulf-stream makes it warm enough for farming grains despite being quite far north.. and so you don't get much Vitamin D from the sun all of winter, and you don't get it from your food (like the Inuits do, from eating a lot of fish), so white skin is a "hack" to try to maxize vitamin D production, despite the obvious downsides.